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A wealthy Congress doesn’t reflect American constituents (Opinion)

A wealthy Congress doesn’t reflect American constituents (Opinion)

By Ashley N. Soriano Imagine being told from a young age that your life is already written: the jobs you’ll hold, the obstacles you’ll face, the limits you’ll never cross. What you’re born into is what your life will be. For millions of Americans...

US Raid At Hyundai-LG Plant In Georgia Arrests 475, Mostly South Koreans In Largest Single-Site Immigration Operation - VIDEO

US Raid At Hyundai-LG Plant In Georgia Arrests 475, Mostly South Koreans In Largest Single-Site Immigration Operation - VIDEO

US Raid At Hyundai-LG Plant In Georgia Arrests 475, Mostly South Koreans In Largest Single-Site Immigration Operation - VIDEO | X/@osint613 Georgia: Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations conducted a large-scale raid on a Hyundai-LG...

‘Strained past our breaking point’: Washington’s small-town hospitals fear closure as Medicaid cuts loom

‘Strained past our breaking point’: Washington’s small-town hospitals fear closure as Medicaid cuts loom

DAYTON – If the hospital in this historic southeast Washington town has to close, Acadia Murphey thinks the town will “probably die along with it.” Murphey’s health hasn’t been the same since surviving thyroid cancer in 2007, and she visits Dayton...

South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea, official says

South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea, official says

South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea, official says NEW INFORMATION IS COMING IN ABOUT THE ICE RAID AT THE HYUNDAI MEGA SITE. THE FEDERAL OPERATION HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT THE HELGA BATTERY PLANT...

Survey reveals 70% of Georgia teachers "burned out"

Survey reveals 70% of Georgia teachers "burned out"

A survey of Georgia educators reveals widespread burnout due to long hours, low pay, and student misbehavior. Disruptive student behavior is the most common concern, with 8% of respondents reporting deliberate assaults by students. The...

David Clark addresses rights and national defense amid lieutenant governor campaign

David Clark addresses rights and national defense amid lieutenant governor campaign

Rep. David Clark, a Republican elected to the Georgia State House in 2023 and current candidate for Lieutenant Governor, recently shared several statements on his social media account addressing constitutional rights, national defense, and...

South Korea Issues Update on Georgia Hyundai Plant ICE Raid

South Korea Issues Update on Georgia Hyundai Plant ICE Raid

By Daniel Orton is an editor on the live news team at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. He was previously a video news editor at the company between 2017 and 2019, before spending several years as a senior video journalist on the social news team at...

Seoul's slow response to detained Koreans in Georgia exposes diplomatic cracks

Seoul's slow response to detained Koreans in Georgia exposes diplomatic cracks

Published: 07 Sep. 2025, 18:05 This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Dvids shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant in...

Talks concluded on release of Korean workers held in Georgia: presidential office

Talks concluded on release of Korean workers held in Georgia: presidential office

Seoul vows to improve visa system for business travelers to US to prevent recurrence of immigration raids South Korea has concluded negotiations for the release of more than 300 nationals detained in a US immigration raid at a battery construction...

South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea following negotiations, official says

South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea following negotiations, official says

(CNN) — South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid in Georgia Thursday will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight following negotiations, an official announced Sunday. “Negotiations for the release of the detained...

US raid on Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia sparks outcry in Korean communities

US raid on Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia sparks outcry in Korean communities

Detention of 475 workers, mostly South Koreans, draws criticism of corporate practices, sympathy for workers, and calls for preventative measures US immigration authorities' detention of 475 people, most of them South Koreans, at the construction...

Georgia’s National Guard deployment to DC splits state’s leaders, veterans

Georgia’s National Guard deployment to DC splits state’s leaders, veterans

National Guard soldiers walk by the reflecting pool at the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 18, 2025. (Nina Cortez/U.S. Army) (Tribune News Service) — Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to send more than 300 Georgia National Guard troops to Washington...

FM Cho making arrangements to visit U.S. this week after immigration raid in Georgia

FM Cho making arrangements to visit U.S. this week after immigration raid in Georgia

By Chae Yun-hwan SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has been making arrangements with the United States for a possible visit to the U.S. this week as part of efforts to respond to the arrests of hundreds of South Koreans by U.S....

South Korean workers caught in US immigration raid at Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia

South Korean workers caught in US immigration raid at Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia

US federal agents arrested 475 workers in a sweeping raid on the construction site of a Hyundai Motor–LG Energy Solution joint venture plant in Georgia, in what authorities described as the largest single-site immigration operation carried out...

Georgia becomes seventh state to send its National Guard to DC

Georgia becomes seventh state to send its National Guard to DC

Georgia will send more than 300 National Guardsmen to support the wider military operation in Washington D.C., Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday. Georgia becomes the seventh state to send forces to join the District of Columbia National Guard, and...

Washington Commanders injury report Week 1: Latest on Noah Brown, Dorance Armstrong, Marcus Mariota, and more

Washington Commanders injury report Week 1: Latest on Noah Brown, Dorance Armstrong, Marcus Mariota, and more

The Washington Commanders will face the New York Giants on Sunday afternoon to begin their 2025 season. They will be hoping to win against a divisional rival to help set the tone for the team after a successful 2024 season. The Commanders defeated...

Washington County schools welcomed 232 eighth grade students in 2023-24 school year

Washington County schools welcomed 232 eighth grade students in 2023-24 school year

There were 232 eighth grade students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education. T. J. Elder Middle School was the only school...

FM Cho making arrangements to visit US this week after immigration raid in Georgia

FM Cho making arrangements to visit US this week after immigration raid in Georgia

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has been making arrangements with the United States for a possible visit to the U.S. this week as part of efforts to respond to the arrests of hundreds of Koreans by U.S. immigration authorities at a battery plant site in...

Korean community in U.S. angry, on edge after Georgia ICE raid

Korean community in U.S. angry, on edge after Georgia ICE raid

Published: 07 Sep. 2025, 14:25 Updated: 07 Sep. 2025, 14:28 U.S. immigration authorities detained some 300 Korean nationals during a crackdown at the Korean construction site for the joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution...

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett stated that “when we’re looking at all of the indicators, it’s looking like things are running very smoothly and that the economy is on...

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